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    Default My Car is in Impound and the Registered Owner is Nowhere to Be Found

    California.
    A few months back, My wife purchased an Audi with my father as the co-signer. The Audi had major problems and the dealership agreed to trade it in at equal value for another car. We traded it for a Toyota Corolla. My wife and father signed the new purchase order but I got it towed for driving on a suspended license before we could take the purchase order to the credit union to have the
    title transferred.
    So, the owner of the vehicle, by law, is the car dealer's girlfriend. She nor he is anywhere to be found. The phone is disconnected and the dealership says he is on vacation or something.
    What can I do, other than getting my license back, in order to retrieve the vehicle as soon as the 30 day impound is up? Since we have a purchase order with my father and wife's name on it, can we use that to retrieve the vehicle?
    And if I can't do anything and decide to leave the vehicle there, who is responsible for the impound fees? Furthermore, can I go to the dealership and get my Audi back since I never took the purchase order to the credit union to have the title transferred? Or, since I included it as a trade-in, I am now obligated to the Corolla and cannot get the Audi back? Please help!

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    Default Re: My Car is in Impound and the Registered Owner is Nowhere to Be Found

    Are you saying you've been illegally driving the car for several months, with no registration or insurance? Why can't you register it now and pay a late fee?

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    Default Re: My Car is in Impound and the Registered Owner is Nowhere to Be Found

    Apparently you are not Mr. Knowitall. Thank you for all your help. I have resolved the situation and good thing I didn't wait around for some advice from you people. I have my license back. My SR22. Insurance for the vehicle. I tracked down the RO and stopped by her house to tell her to get the vehicle out. Thanks terd.

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